About Beemway

 

The Company

Beemway provides a social media platform that enables consumer participation across leading social networks. The services include tools for social advertising, social sharing & bookmarking, apps and viral campaigns across web, mobile and television. Our technology and expertise enables clients to capture the power of the social media marketing by repackaging their content into comprehensive marketing & communication solutions. Beemway's platform is used by Fortune 500 companies, publishers, broadcast companies and advertisers around the globe.

The social management platform makes it possible to launch campaigns and social apps on a wide variety of destinations (desktop, web, mobile and TV) and measure the results. The web destinations include both major international social network sites (Facebook, MySpace) as well as many of the national ones across Europe. Beemway has served an audience of millions through campaigns for companies such as Coca Cola, TomTom, Philips, MTV, Sony Ericsson, KLM, Martini and many more. For more information visit: www.beemway.com

 

 

The Team  

 

 

Hans Gijsbertsen, Founder & Chief Executive Officer

 

Hans is the Founder and CEO of Beemway. As CEO he is responsible for the overall operation and the further expansion of Beemway into Europe, the U.S. and South America. His vision and strategy have created Europe's leading and all-round widget company Beemway. Hans and his team are continuously innovating and expanding the platform to cover all possible Web 2.0 widget distribution sites, from web and mobile to TV.  The new technologies and innovations used by Beemway come from Cyntelix, a company founded by Hans prior to Beemway. Cyntelix is an R&D agency that, in cooperation with global partners, researches and develops new innovative software applications.  His background is in software on both the European and American continent. Prior to Cyntelix, Hans  worked for Global Technology Vendors in Europe as well as in the U.S., running projects / business units from sales to indirect channels and product development. This provides him with a vast network of contacts and associates in software and Fortune 500 companies to further ameliorate the expansion of Beemway.

 

Monique van Galen Last, Director Corporate Marketing

 

Monique is responsible for corporate marketing activities and for developing new business programs across Europe. This includes inbound and outbound marketing, PR and brand awareness. The marketing programs focus on establishing partnerships with social networks, media partners and publishers. In combination with partners she also looks into the development of new business programs. Before joining Beemway, she was responsible for marketing in Europe in the field of Business Process Management software at Cordys. She started in the entertainment industry in marketing and related activities for companies such as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and PolyGram (Universal) Music, an AEX company. Here she was responsible for regional market figures and shares, and also for consumer or reseller related interest studies. Monique has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Tennessee. 

 

Marcel Blaauw, Director of Client Services

 

As Director of Client Services, Marcel ensures that all projects run smoothly according to the Beemway methodology. He is the link between Beemway and the client once the projects start. Marcel has an all round experience from managing projects to marketing to sales in both online media and entertainment companies. He started his career as a producer but switched to project management at Lukkien, an all round provider of marketing communication services and media productions, and then continued at Endemol, a worldwide entertainment company. Before joining Beemway he was Sales Manager at TTG Sulake where he was commercially responsible for Habbo, a virtual world for children, in the Benelux. Business development and marketing, strategically implementing campaigns for accounts, as well as the acquisition of new business was all in a day's work.  Marcel holds a degree of the Windesheim University of Applied Science.

 

Arian Geertsema, Director of Technology

 

As Director of Technology, Arian and his team are continuously refining the Beemway platform. He works closely with Emiel to ensure that the Beemway platform remains state of the art and front runner on newly applied social media technologies. Arian has been a web 2.0 specialist from the onset. Being a versatile software engineer he started his career at Right Marktonderzoek, a full service market research agency. However, he was so drawn by social media and all relating phenomena that he started his own company in widget technologies. Although development was part of it, his was far more interested in the technology needed to create online communities, the viral possibilities and new carriers such as mobile and TV. He joined Beemway from the start of the company. Arian has a degree in computer science of the Windesheim University of Applied Sciences.

 

Emiel van der Veen, Director of Strategic Research

 

As Director of Strategic Research, Emiel arranges that new technological research outcomes are implemented in a commercially viable design to the Beemway platform. Together with Arian, he also compiles a repository of re-usable components for those clients who want quick, non-custom social media campaigns. He comes from a technical background, but has a strong desire to translate technology to a business level. At Group 2000 he gained experience in concepting and developing new products, marketing them to the business and training colleagues to sell the products. Here he worked closely with sales, marketing and the management team. His analytical mind and extensive knowledge of software enable Emiel to be the bridge between research and business as well as teaming with Arian, Director Technology, on the continuous expansion of the Beemway platform. He has a degree in Information Technology.